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US7526929B2ExpiredUtilityPatentIndex 90

Tights

Assignee: ASICS CORPPriority: Sep 21, 2004Filed: Jul 21, 2005Granted: May 5, 2009
Est. expirySep 21, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:TAKAMOTO YOSHIKUNITSUJI YOSHIEOMURO MAMORU
A41D 31/185A41B 11/14
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Claims

Abstract

The invention provides tights that are capable of efficiently training the psoas major while preventing discomfort of wearing the tights due to the high elastic portions provided over an area in which no load for the psoas major is required. There are provided tights characterized in that it includes a high elastic portion that is formed in a predetermined area of a back side of the tights, which area corresponding to a region of the buttocks and the posterior thigh of the human body in which the skin of the region is stretched greatly when the femoral region of the human body is lifted, the high elastic portion being higher in elastic modulus in the height direction than the area of the back side of the tights other than the predetermined area and an area of a front side of the tights corresponding to at least the abdomen and the anterior thigh.

Claims

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The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. Tights comprising a high elastic portion that is formed in a predetermined area of a back side of the tights, which area corresponding to a region of the buttocks and the posterior thigh of the human body in which the skin of the region is stretched greatly when the femoral region of the human body is lifted, the high elastic portion being higher in elastic modulus in the height direction than the area of the back side of the tights other than the predetermined area and an area of a front side of the tights corresponding to at least the abdomen and the anterior thigh, wherein the predetermined area includes a pair of lateral sections that obliquely upwardly extend toward a position corresponding to the greater trochanter of the human body from one end side thereof that passes through or close to intersections, the intersections being farmed by crossing an intermediate line located at an intermediate height between a line that conforms to the gluteal sulcus of the human body and a line that connects a pair of highest points of the buttocks to each other, and a pair of lines that each extend in the height direction through substantially the center of the width of the corresponding leg section. 
     
     
       2. The tights according to  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined area includes a pair of leg sections that extend downward in a height direction from one end side thereof that passes through or close to intersections, the intersections being formed by crossing an intermediate line located at an intermediate height between a line that conforms to the gluteal sulcus of the human body and a line that connects a pair of highest points of the buttocks to each other, and a pair of lines that each extend in the height direction through substantially the center of the width of the corresponding leg section. 
     
     
       3. Tights comprising a high elastic portion that is formed in a predetermined area of a back side of the tights, which area corresponding to a region of the buttocks and the posterior thigh of the human body in which the skin of the region is stretched greatly when the femoral region of the human body is lifted, the high elastic portion being higher in elastic modulus in the height direction than the area of the back side of the tights other than the predetermined area and an area of a front side of the tights corresponding to at least the abdomen and the anterior thigh, wherein the predetermined area includes a central region that extends in the width direction from one end side and an opposite end side that respectively pass through or close to intersections, the intersections being formed by crossing an intermediate line located at an intermediate height between a line that conforms to the gluteal sulcus of the human body and a line that connects a pair of highest points of the buttocks to each other, and a pair of lines that each extend in the height direction through substantially the center of the width of the corresponding leg section. 
     
     
       4. Tights comprising a high elastic portion that is formed in a predetermined area of a back side of the tights, which area corresponding to a region of the buttocks and the posterior thigh of the human body in which the skin of the region is stretched greatly when the femoral region of the human body is lifted, the high elastic portion being higher in elastic modulus in the height direction than the area of the back side of the tights other than the predetermined area and front side of the tights, wherein the predetermined area includes a pair of leg sections that extend downward in a height direction from one end side thereof that passes through or close to intersections, the intersections being formed by crossing an intermediate line located at an intermediate height between a line that conforms to the gluteal sulcus of the human body and a line that connects a pair of highest points of the buttocks to each other, and a pair of lines that each extend in the height direction through substantially the center of the width of the corresponding leg section. 
     
     
       5. Tights comprising a high elastic portion that is formed in a predetermined area a back side of the tights, which area corresponding to a region of the buttocks and the posterior thigh of the human body in which the skin of the region is stretched greatly when the femoral region of the human body is lifted, the high elastic portion being higher in elastic modulus in the height direction than the area of the back side of the tights other than the predetermined area and a front side of the tights, wherein the predetermined area includes a pair of lateral sections that obliquely upwardly extend toward a position corresponding to the greater trochanter of the human body from one end side thereof that passes through or close to intersections, the intersections being formed by crossing an intermediate line located at an intermediate height between a line that conforms to the gluteal sulcus of the human body and a line that connects a pair of highest points of the buttocks to each other, and a pair of lines that each extend in the height direction through substantially the center of the width of the corresponding leg section. 
     
     
       6. Tights comprising a high elastic portion that is formed in a predetermined area of a back side of the tights, which area corresponding to a region of the buttocks and the posterior thigh of the human body in which the skin of the region is stretched greatly when the femoral region of the human body is lifted, the high elastic portion being higher in elastic modulus in the height direction than the area of the back side of the tights other than the predetermined area and a front side of the tights, wherein the predetermined area includes a central region that extends in the width direction from one end side and an opposite end side that respectively pass through or close to intersections, the intersections being formed by crossing an intermediate line located at an intermediate height between a line that conforms to the gluteal sulcus of the human body and a line that connects a pair of highest points of the buttocks to each other, and a pair of lines that each extend in the height direction through substantially the center of the width of the corresponding leg section.

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